DPOE People

The DPOE Network is made up of the DPOE National Trainer Network, the DPOE Steering Committee, and a community of Digital Preservation Education Advocates. 

DPOE National Trainer Network

The DPOE National Trainer Network is made up of individuals who have attended a DPOE Train-the-Trainer workshop. The network covers six regions: Midwest, Northeast, Northwest, Southcentral, Southeast, and Southwest.

Midwest [top]

• Sarah Grimm is an Electronic Records Archivist at the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison, Wisconsin.
• Stephanie Gowler is Conservator at the Indiana Commission on Public Records in Indianapolis, Indiana.
• Carol Kussmann is Collections Assistant at the Minnesota Historical Society in St. Paul, Minnesota.
• Matthew Schultz is Collaborative Services Librarian for Educopia and is located in Springlake, Michigan.
• Emily Shaw is a Digital Preservation Librarian at University of Iowa.
• Kristopher Stenson is an Electronic Records Archivist at Illinois State University.
• Cinda May is the Chair of Special Collections at Indiana State University.
• Sara Fuchs is a Digital Content Initiative Coordinator at the American Librarian Association.
• Elizabeth Dubuisson is the Archives Librarian at the USA Command and General Staff College.
• Martin Gengenbach is the Policy & Program Analyst at the Kansas Historical Society.
• Beth Shields is a Oral History Administrator at the Kentucky Historical Society.
• Frances Lloyd-Baynes is a Content Database Specialist at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
• Sara Ring is a Digitization & Metadata Training Coordinator at Minitex in Minneapolis.
• Karen Keehr is the Curator of Photographs at the Nebraska State Historical Society in Lincoln Nebraska.
• Jillian Carney is the Manager of Digital Services at the Ohio Historical Society.
• Sara Casper is the Government Records Archivist at the Nebraska State Historical Society.
• Emily Pfotenhauer is the Outreach Specialist at Wisconsin Heritage Online (external link) in Madison, Wisconsin.
• Andrew Steadham is the Archives Specialist for Rotary International in Chicago, Illinois.
• Brenda Burk is the Associate Archivist at Indiana University.
• Stephanie Kom is a Cataloging Librarian at North Dakota State Library.
• Nathan Troup is a Senior Records Analyst at the Missouri Office of the Secretary of State.
• Tom Keyser is a Librarian at the Iowa State Library.
• Kevin Driedger is a Librarian at the Library of Michigan.

Northeast [top]
DPOE has trainers in Connecticut, Maine, New York, and Washington D.C.

• Brenda J. Miller is a Curator at the Hartford Public Library in Hartford, Connecticut.
• Laura Osterhout is Member Services Librarian at the Rochester Regional Library Council in Fairport, New York.
• Erin Rhodes is Digital Projects and Education Coordinator at the Colby College Library Special Collections in Waterville, Maine.
• Sarah J. Rhodes is a Digital Collections Librarian at the Georgetown University Law Library in Washington, D.C.
• Jennifer Fairall works at Siena College in Londonville, New York.

Northwest [top]
DPOE has trainers in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Utah.

• Austin Schulz is a Reference Archivist at the Oregon State Archives (external link) in Salem, Oregon.
• Chris Erickson is a Digital Preservation Officer at the Brigham Young University Libraries in Provo, Utah.
• Sam Meister is a Digital Archivist at the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana.
• Michal Rebecca Walden is an Archivist at the Idaho State Archives in Boise, Idaho.

Southcentral [top]
DPOE has trainers in Texas and Oklahoma.

• Fang Wang is Digital Information Management Librarian at Texas Tech University Law Library in Lubbock, Texas.
• Kitty Pittman is an Administrative Librarian at the University of Oklahoma Libraries in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
• Lauren Goodley  is an Archivist at the Texas General Land Office in Austin, Texas.
• Michelle Reilly is Head of Digital Services at the University of Houston Libraries in Houston, Texas.

Southeast [top]
DPOE has trainers in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, and North Carolina.

• Amy Rudersdorf is the Director of the Digital Information Management Program at the State Library of North Carolina in Raleigh, North Carolina.
• Jody DeRidder is the Director of Digital Services at University of Alabama Libraries (external link) in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
• Walker Sampson is an Electronic Records Manager at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History in Jackson, Mississippi.
• Wenxian Zhang is Professor and Head of Archives and Special Collections at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida.

Southwest [top]
DPOE has trainers in California, Denver, Hawaii, and Nevada. 

• Jane Barnwell is the Director of Library and Information Literacy Initiatives at Pacific Resources for Education and Learning in Honolulu, Hawaii.
• Jamie Seemiller is a Program Administrator at the Denver Public Library in Denver, Colorado.
• Jeffrey Kintop is State Archivist for the State of Nevada.
• Zoe Friedlander is a Systems Librarian at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Margaret Herrick Library (external link) in Beverly Hills, California.

DPOE Steering Committee [top]

The DPOE Steering Committee advises DPOE on the direction and execution of program strategies.

• Allison Druin is Associate Dean for Research at the University of Maryland.
• Anne Van Camp is the Director of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
• Jim Corridan is the Indiana State Archivist and the Director of the Indiana Commission on Public Records.
• Mary Molinaro is the Associate Dean for Library Technologies at the University of Kentucky.
• Nadina Y. Gardner is the Director Division of Preservation and Access at the National Endowment for the Humanities.
• Paul R. Bergeron is Nashua City Clerk and President of the National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators.
• Robert Horton is Associate Deputy Director Office of Library Services at the Institute for Museum and Library Services
• Tamara Sumner is Associate Professor Institute of Cognitive Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder
• Victoria Irons Walch is Executive Director at the Council of State Archivists.
• William Kilbride is the Executive Director of the Digital Preservation Coalition.

Digital Preservation Education Advocates [top]

Digital Preservation Education Advocates are individuals who have received digital preservation training from a DPOE Trainer, would like to receive training, or simply have a passion for digital preservation and want to join the conversation. Want to be a DPOE Advocate? Learn how to join the DPOE Network HERE.